Rev c of my marlin trapper project

[bigben]

I know a few years ago.  might have been a year ago I cannot remember.  I put peep sights on my marlin trapper project and said that was good enough.  Well last weekend a good friend had came into ownership of a 2-7 burris "mini" scope.  he knew I like older gloss scopes and offered it to me.  I said sure why not i can find a home for it.  This year i did some work to a couple guns.  one was a sporterized mauser that i nicknamed helga because she was kind of a beotch to shoot in and work up loads for.  that's a story for another time however.  I had thought about putting it on that gun.

I then remembered the pricy talley quick release rings I bought for another lever project that had a peep integrated into the scope rail.  I purchased the wrong rings and they kinda set in a box.  Knowing that I had a set of rings and a nice compact scope to stick on a lever i got to thinking how nice it would be to have a similar setup my 45/70 has but with my trapper. 

So i ordered another sight rail with peep intergrated.  I was worried that the peep height would be a problem since the scope tube mounts over the peep.  The front sight was pretty tall anyhow and i could most likely file it down to fit the height of the peep. 

The rail with peep showed up almost a week early.  USPS sucks with updating their status let alone knowing when something is going to show up.  Taking the new rail out of the package and then measuring from the top of the peep and comparing it to the peep i took off I was about .08 off.  but I could take that off the front sight.  The plan was to mount scope get the peep as high as it could go remeasure and then trim that off the top of the blade sight. 

After a few installs and reinstalls i ended up having to take about .055 off the top of the blade sight.


 

[bigben]

Yesterday morn i went to the range and got it rough sighted in.  I was a little upset the groups were not better but honestly how much should i ask of a lever gun.  I took the scope off and shot the peep only as well and was greeted with a nice little group similar to what the scope provided.  I still need to "cold bore" sight the gun in but its close.  I will probably do that this weekend.  Rifle isnt too far away and this gun is still pretty nice to carry.

[Hawks Feather]

That scope is a nice addition to your rifle. It doesn't overpower it and, at least to me, improves the look and again for me, the ability to see with old eyes. All of that and then I have to say that I have shot a few 45/70s and have no need to shoot one again. Groundhogs are just as dead from my .22 K-Hornet or .221 but it would be fun to watch one explode with a hit from your rifle.

[bigben]

This rifle is a 30/30.  The 45/70 has a peep with scope rail as well.  But i couldnt use the tally rings.  Wrong dovetail.  So thos project is kinda like a gift card for 20$.  I had the scope n rings.  Just got a new rail with peep to make it work on my 30/30.  The good thing now is i have a spare peep.  So i want to find a 1894 in .44 mag or see what mom wants to do with the one that was her fathers.  It would fit nice on there